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He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game". [4]: 106 The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950, [7] and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009. [6]
The Modern Game is tall and upright, with a long neck and long legs. The body is broad at the breast and tapers towards the tail, somewhat like a clothes iron in shape; the back is short and flat. Thirteen colours are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: birchen, black, black-red, blue, blue-red, brown-red, gold duckwing, lemon-blue ...
Malay Game. The Malay Game is a breed of game chicken. It is among the tallest breeds of chicken, and may stand over 90 cm (36 inches) high. [7]: 158. The Malay is bred principally in Europe, [5] and in Australia and the United States. [2] It was derived, partly in Devon and Cornwall in south-west England, [8] from birds imported from the ...
Galliformes. Galliformes / ˌɡælɪˈfɔːrmiːz / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
Continental. Most Continental breeds, such as the Silver Spangled Hamburg cock seen here, are lively birds that are often skilful flyers. This group consists of eleven breeds from Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. They are mostly sprightly birds, the Faverolles being an exception: [1]: 70. Barnevelder. Campine. Crevecoeur. Faverolles.
The greater prairie-chicken was almost extinct in the 1930s due to hunting pressure and habitat loss. In Illinois alone, in the 1800s, the prairie-chicken numbered in the millions. It was a popular game bird, and like many prairie birds, which have also suffered massive habitat loss, it is now on the verge of extinction, with the wild bird ...
Gallidae. The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. [1] The family includes 185 species divided into 54 genera. It was formerly broken up into two subfamilies, the ...
Asil. The Asil or Aseel is an Indian breed or group of breeds of game chicken. It is distributed in much of India, particularly in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha; [2] it has been exported to several other countries. Similar fowl are found throughout much of Southeast Asia. [citation needed]